Brian Giles
Brian Giles
Brian Stephen Gilesis a former Major League Baseball outfielder. During his career he played for the Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres. The left-handed Giles was a two-time All-Star and had a career line of .291/.400/.502 with 287 home runs, 411 doubles, 1,078 run batted in, and 1,183 walks in 1,847 games...
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth20 January 1971
CityEl Cajon, CA
breaking bummer camp forward gives looking
It gives us some new energy. We were looking forward to breaking camp with him, and it was a bummer when he got hurt.
ask game giving needed
It was a game we needed to win. We're not giving up. That's all you can ask for.
nice respond weird
It's weird how things worked. It's nice to respond after what happened.
accomplish count hand percent playing time
I want to be out there every day. You can count on one hand how many times you're 100 percent when you're playing every day. I'll take my time off when we accomplish what we want to accomplish.
eddie helped keeping
Eddie helped me out in keeping on the same plane,
strike
They were one strike away from a sweep. You never know what that can do to a team.
spill
That's OK. Just as long as they don't spill any of the beer.
ball definitely hitting pathetic tough
It's definitely frustrating. We're not hitting the ball at all. It's tough to be as pathetic offensively as we've been.
chances seen series teams win
It's a new season. You've seen a lot of wild-card teams get to the World Series -- and win it. . . . I'll take our chances with our team here.
both hit innings rule unwritten
You hit one of their big guys, they're going to go after one of our guys. It's kind of an unwritten rule in baseball. Obviously, you don't want to get hit, but we've been able to put up big innings both times it's happened.
hit lives playing pressure
We've put pressure on that team, we just haven't come up with the big hit yet. We're playing for our lives now.
ball coach defense game gave glad
This was a really big game for us. I was just glad coach (Ben Waddle) gave me the ball and let me throw. I just let my defense do the work.
along approach best chances team
You get to the postseason, and it's a new season. That's how we're going to approach it. We thought all along that we've been the best team in the West. We'll take our chances come Oct. 4.
along approach best chances team
You get to the postseason, and it's a new season, ... That's how we're going to approach it. We thought all along that we've been the best team in the West. We'll take our chances come Oct. 4.